On CreativityOn Creativity is a collection of previously unpublished or unavailable essays by David Bohm, which are all related directly to the nature of creativity. A significant portion of the material draws overtly from Bohm's perception as a practising scientist - his notions of what underlies a paradigm shift, or how laws of nature, theories and hypotheses are perceived, rationalized and axiomatized. However, the novelty and appeal of Bohm's views of these processes is the suggestion that the work of the visual artist is remarkably similar to that of the scientist. He explores these similarities at length and goes so far as to suggest that the creative processes of the scientist and the artist are at work in every person. |
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abstract action actually Anne Sullivan artist aspects atoms attention aware basic beauty Bohm's Brownian motion coherent conflict confusion consider content of thought correspondence course create culture David Bohm dialogue Einstein elementary particles essence essential evidently example experience fact fancy feel field fragmentation function fundamental harmony Helen Keller human ideas images imagination implicate order indicated insight kind lead learning limited mainly mathematics meaning mechanical ment mental metaphysical art metaphysics mind nature Newton notion object observed order of operation original and creative overall Owen Barfield paradigm particles pattern perceived perception physics primary problem quantum theory question rational reactive thought reality reflective thought regarded relationship relatively relevant says Bohm science and art scientific scientist seen sense separate significance similar sort speed of light structure symbolic tends theory of relativity thing thought and language tion totality truth ultimately understand undivided unfolded word world view